Related Articles

Team News Manchester City are again without captain Vincent Kompany for Sunday's Premier League clash with Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium.

The champions are hopeful Matija Nastasic (knee), who could only make the bench at QPR in midweek, will be fit to start, otherwise midfielder Javi Garcia may again have to deputise.

Right-back Maicon is back in training and could soon be available while fellow defender Micah Richards (knee) hopes to return this month. Midfielder Yaya Touré and defender Kolo Touré are still on international duty.

And new Liverpool signing Philippe Coutinho will not be in the squad for the Manchester City game.

The 20-year-old Brazilian has briefly returned to Milan after Wednesday's switch from Inter and will not return until next week.

Left-back Jose Enrique could start having made his comeback from a hamstring injury in the midweek draw at Arsenal.

Match Notes Having experienced a 3-0 defeat on each of their last two Premier League visits to the Etihad Stadium, Liverpool will be desperate to avoid an unwanted hat-trick of hammerings at the hands of Manchester City at the end of a bad week.

FA Cup humiliation at Oldham followed by a failure to hold onto a 2-0 lead at Arsenal has raised question marks over the prospects of Brendan Rodgers' team, who have yet to defeat any of the top ten this season.

Liverpool need to deliver quickly.

Betting: Home 5-6, Away 11-4, Draw 11-4.

Stat of the game: Manchester City have kept six successive clean sheets in all competitions and a total of 555 minutes without conceding.